Rachel sighed, she's been searching for a job on the newspaper's job advertisement for about an hour. None of them are close to something she could do and pay enough money to save for her tuition. She thought about teaching a dance class or voice lesson but she doubt their parents would let their children even get near her.

Living in a small minded town was hard. There were times when she'd wake up to the sound of glass shattering, or having her house filled with eggs and paper towels, even vandalism on the door with the words 'Abomination'.

She love her dads, she never hated them for being gay and choosing Lima, even if nobody wanted to be her friend, she thought Kurt would understand but they were both a diva to put that behind them.

Glee club are her family, well at least for her it is. Everybody seems to hate her. The slushies stopped after Head cheerleader, Santana realized that she actually like being in Glee or maybe it has something to do with the fact she has a secret girlfriend Brittany, and being whipped. She doesn't know why Santana can't just get her girl but she knows all the struggle that her family experienced so she totally understands. Everybody in Glee club knows about them, nobody says a word about because they know better than to mess up with Santana.

Rached sighed for the hundred time. She really need the money or her dreams would vanished before she even get to fight for it. Security guard, QA assistant, sales executive, receptionist. None of them interest her, the English tutor she could probably do but it pays per hour only on the weekends. It's not enough when she needs $40,000. She contacted NYADA if she could get a discount, only if she work at school which she already planned for but she only had a $2000 when her dad just told her that the college fund they were saving since she started singing was used on the hospital bills when her surgical mother gave birth and thought she was boy because of her penis.

Yes, she was born with a penis. She used to be a 'he' and even had a male name 'Raiden'. Her dads started suspecting something was wrong when she had undesceded testicles and started looking for answers. The doctors said that it will return into the right place the older she gets.

A few years later it never went into the right place. She started acting like a girl, wanting to wear dresses, toys like dolls and longer hair. Nobody could tell that she has never looked manly when she was younger. Her dads thought she might be gay so they supported and accepted it with pride.

Her daddy wanted to put her testicles into the right place because she can have fertility problems. So they did more tests and that's where the doctors did an xray and found out she has uterus, testicles and a penis.

They said they had seen conditions like these before, which they call 'intersex'. Others have labia with their clitoris enlarge into a penis. Nobody knows how many people has the same condition as her but they estimated 1-2 in 100 people born in U.S. are intersex.

Other intersex people have combinations of chromosomes that are different than XY ( usually associated with male) and XX (usually associated with female), like XXY (some people are born with external genitals that fall into the typical male/female categories, but their internal organs or hormones don't.)

The doctors told her dads that they could decide on which gender she wanted to be raised with. They had decided until she reached her puberty. They used to live in Columbus and they ended up in Lima when she went through the process of changing her gender, when she was about to start high school. They didn't want complications when her friends and neighbours started questioning why she suddenly turned into a girl. They didn't want them thinking she's transgender.

She loved it, her dads was having a problem calling her 'Rachel' and 'she' but they accepted her for who she is.

In these cases, she had more biological male features as a child might look more feminine after puberty. It only made more sense when she hit puberty and started growing breasts. Her dads wanted to make surgery but they couldn't afford it anymore. They already sold their house at a low price and buying a new one. She hated herself for being different, she was planning on getting that surgery when she went on Broadway with a large paycheck. Nobody else know about her condition but her dads and the doctors.

She saw a waitress hiring that pays $10 per hour plus the tips if she gets some. But she doesn't want to lose her focus on school mostly Glee club if she needs that scholarship.

Finally when nanny child care popped out of nowhere, she could probably do that. She has done some babysitting for her cousins who are like angels. It says that in need of a nanny to take care of two children only for weekdays.

She could probably do that, since it was before school and after school she could totally do that. Rachel squealed when she saw that it pays enough and honestly who in the world would pay that much, are their children monsters or maybe precious that they need to pay that much. She isn't going to complain.

Leroy and Hiram were startled from their morning coffee and breakfast when she squealed. They look at her curiously when Rachel excitedly read through the newspaper with that signature megawatt smile.

"Honey what is it?" Leroy asked.

"I found a job offer." Rachel said distractedly. Leroy and Hiram share a knowing look with concern. They didn't want their daughter getting a job. They didn't want Rachel worried about her tuition but they had no choice. They need extra hand.

"Let me see." Hiram said impatiently when Rachel seems to be in a dazed, probably imagining what NYADA would be like.

Rachel passed the newspaper to Hiram which he started searching for the job offer. "Its a nanny job offer, it's only before and after school so you don't have to worry about distractions. It pays enough if the job lasted for months which I would hope so. Wait, I have to call them before somebody else gets the job and I would have to read that useless job offers aga-" Rachel rambled excitedly but was cut off by Leroy.

"Do you know how to take care of children?" Leroy said unsure.

"I'll have you know that I babysat my cousins and I was perfectly fine." Rachel said.

"Are you sure? I mean we are talking about children here. Your cousins are easy to be ordered around. What if they are like little demons?"

"Dad, we haven't even met them." Rachel would have stomp her foot if she wasn't sitting. "Look I'm just gonna call them and see if it's something I could handle and if not I will quit the job. Deal?" Rachel pouted and looked at her dads hopefully.

Hiram shrugged. "Sounds good to me." Rachel turn to Leroy adding the puppy eyes she knows he can't resist. Leroy is always the protective one.

"Fine you will quit if you don't like it okay?" Rachel squealed happily but short lived when Leroy said. "If those children are monste-" was cut off by Rachel.

"Dad."

"Okay, okay." Leroy put his hands up in a surrender while Hiram laughed at his family.


Rachel paced as she holds her phone tightly. She had tried to call an hour ago but it all went to voicemail. She doesn't know if this is some kind of a prank, maybe that's why the payment was high. When the call was finally answered, she was ready to hear laughter and deliver her speech when she heard that husky voice that sent tingle down her body.

"Hello?"

"Hey, is this Mrs Puckerman?" Rachel grimace from the name, I mean who wouldn't.

"Yes, who is this?" the woman said impatiently, Rachel could hear how tired she sounds like.

"I'm Rachel Berry and I called to apply for the nanny job if it's still available of course." Rachel silently prayed.

"Yes the job is still available. I was hoping we could meet up and we could discuss about things, maybe even get to know you since I wouldn't just trust any woman around my children. Does that sound good?" Mrs Puckerman asked.

"Yes I would love that, do I need to bring anything?" Rachel inwardly celebrated.

"Just bring yourself and I would text you the details."

Rachel opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by the dial tone. "Well that was rude."


Rachel parked her car in the driveway. When Mrs Puckerman gave her the address, she didn't expect the house to be this big. She doesn't know why they even ended up in Lima. Judging by the car in the driveway, they could get out of this town with the money they earn.

Rachel nervously walked up to the door and ring the doorbell. A few moments later, a woman opened the door.

"I think I got the wrong hou-" She expected her to be mid-age with white hair but what she didn't expect was a pretty woman with blonde hair in her late-twenties looking fancy with a sundress and pearls around her neck.

"Is it Rachel Berry? I'm Quinn Puckerman." Quinn holds out her hand for Rachel to shake. When Rachel's hand connected with Quinn, she felt that spark. She knows Quinn felt it too when she retrieved her hand as if she was burned.

"Nice to meet you." Rachel ignored it.

"Come in." Quinn closed the door and lead the way. They walked into the living room, Rachel wanted to savour every single detail. Not everyone get to see a house filled with paintings in the hallway, the bookcase in the corner with fireplace and leather couches she knows she needs to work her whole life to afford.

"You can wait here, I'll get you a drink." Rachel sat in the couch and waited while Quinn went into what she assume was the kitchen. When Quinn went back into the living room with two glasses of wine, she wanted to say that she's only eighteen but she doesn't know if Mrs Puckerman would like that. When Quinn sat down across her and gave her the wine, she can see her eyeing her clothes. She wore a button up shirt that has three unbuttoned with her chest on view and short skirt. She crosses her legs and Quinn's eyes follow the movement. Rachel cleared her throat and Quinn broke out her stupor.

"Do you have any experience with children?" Quinn asked.

"I have, I used to babysit my cousins last summer." Rachel wanted to talk about her summer but realized that Mrs Puckerman probably won't care about that.

"You look young, how old are you?" Quinn asked.

"I'm eighteen and currently in my senior year." Rachel said unsure.

"Why do you need the job?" Quinn asked curiously.

"I need the money for my tuition, to get into NYADA. I'd like to be on Broadway, it has been my dream since I started singing when I learned how to speak. I wanted to play Funny Girl, the one with the Broadway legend, Barbra Streisand. I'll be auditioning in NYADA in a few weeks and I was thinki-" Rachel stopped when she realized her rambling.

She closed her eyes and waited. She expected Mrs Puckerman to laugh or throw her out of the house. But nothing came. She hesitantly opened her eyes. What she didn't expect was a smile. Quinn is actually smiling at her.

"Okay, you get the job." Rachal squealed. "But" she looked at her expectantly. "we will based on whether or not the children are comfortable around you." Rachel nodded. "You can start on Monday. I work at my parents business family and I'm on leave for this week. My husband works at the Air Force so he's not usually at home. You have to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for them. I assume you can cook?" Quinn asked.

"Yes, my parents usually buy take outs, I learned to be the cook in the house."

"You will help them get ready for school, take them and pick them up from school then get ready for bed. You can leave once I'm home if that's okay? Any question?" Quinn asked.

"What are their names?" Rachel asked.

"The oldest, Beth is 12 year old and Logan is only 7 year old. They can be pain in the ass but perhaps you can work on that."

"Okay, I will do my best Mrs Puckerman." Rachel holds out her hand

"Please call me Quinn." Quinn takes Rachel's hand and locked eyes with Rachel longer than necessary.

Rachel cleared her throat.

"I'll show you out." Quinn leads the way to the front door. Rachel hovered at the front door and face Quinn.

"Thank you Mr- Quinn." Rachel smiled, Quinn smiled back.

Rachel walked to her car and drove away looking forward to seeing Quinn again. Rachel shook her head to remove her thoughts and think about NYADA instead.

When Quinn closed the door and walked to the living room to gather the glasses, she realized that Rachel didn't drink her wine.


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